Alexander Chee

My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down

Most of the time, I walk around feeling like someone replaced most of what I love about this country with a fake-looking creepy doll replica of it. A doll that’s trying to act casual, like nothing bad has happened. Even though we both know otherwise.

These dolls are not like that, though. These are some honest dolls. This is an animated short video by David Heatley, in which he covers a Ramones song, “My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down”. This is also the title of his amazing new graphic novel, which I’m almost done reading.

He’s throwing down, basically. Because while Chris Ware is an amazing piano player, he doesn’t appear to have the excellent vocal stylings of David Heatley.